✦ Luna Orbit — Engineering (Non-Software)

Senior Instrumentation Engineer

at Freeport-McMoRan

📍 Claypool, AZ, US, 85532 Unknown 💰 $101K – $141K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
Salary $101K – $141K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience mid
Exp. Years 5+ years
Education Bachelor's degree in an appropriate Engineering discipline
Category Engineering (Non-Software)

This role involves specifying, designing, and maintaining industrial instrumentation systems within a manufacturing or energy plant, ensuring operational efficiency and safety.

  • Specify instruments
  • Design maintenance plans
  • Develop spare part strategies
  • Maintain engineering documents
  • Provide technician training

The position requires expertise in process instrumentation, communication protocols, control networks, and maintenance strategies in an industrial environment.

The ideal candidate is an experienced instrumentation engineer with at least 5 years of relevant experience in industrial settings, proficient in communication protocols and maintenance planning, capable of designing and maintaining control systems.

Specify and select instrumentationDesign maintenance plansDevelop spare part strategiesMaintain engineering documentsProvide technician trainingKnowledge of communication protocolsKnowledge of process instruments
Vendor contract managementLife cycle managementControl narrative development
P&IDsPFDsHARTDevicenetModbus TCPModbus RTUEthernet/IPProfibus DPProfinet
InstrumentationP&IDsPFDsHARTDevicenetModbus TCPModbus RTUEthernet/IPProfibus DPProfinetNetwork hardwarePLC hardwareDCS hardwareHMICalibrationMaintenance planningBOM listsControl networksVendor management
InstrumentationP&IDsPFDsHARTDevicenetModbus TCPModbus RTUEthernet/IPProfibus DPProfinetNetwork hardwarePLC hardwareDCS hardwareHMICalibrationMaintenance planningBOM listsControl networksVendor management
LeadershipTrainingGuidanceCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamwork
Industry Manufacturing/Energy
Job Function Instrumentation engineering and maintenance management in an industrial setting
InstrumentationP&IDsPFDsHARTDevicenetModbus TCPModbus RTUEthernet/IPProfibus DPProfinetNetwork hardwarePLC hardwareDCS hardwareHMICalibrationMaintenance planningBOM listsControl networksVendor managementProcess instrumentsEngineering documents

Lack of instrumentation specification experience, No knowledge of communication protocols, No engineering degree, Inability to develop maintenance plans

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